About me
Dr. Xander Wang is currently a Professor in the School of Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), where he directs the Climate Smart Lab in the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation. Dr. Wang is a member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) College of New Scholars and has received numerous awards for his pioneering contributions to climate change research, such as the Charles S. Falkenberg Award by American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP), and the Whitman Wright Award by Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Before joining UPEI, Dr. Wang worked as an Assistant Professor in the School of Geosciences at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, US.
Dr. Wang’s research is mainly focused on regional climate modeling, climate downscaling, hydrological modeling and flooding risk analysis, energy systems modeling under climate change, climate change impact assessment and adaptation studies, climate smart agriculture, GIS, spatial modeling and analysis, big data analysis and visualization. His multidisciplinary background has enabled him to develop a pioneering climate change research program in the Canadian Center for Climate Change and Adaptation at UPEI. Dr. Wang is the developer and maintainer of many well-known climate-related data portals which have been widely used by research scholars, climate practitioners, and police makers around the world. Dr. Wang has demonstrated an exceptional level of research achievements through high-impact peer-reviewed journal publications, considerable external research funds, training of large numbers of postdocs and graduate students, extensive professional services, active participation in community services, and so on.
